With hatchet, hitchhiker saves woman from attack by psycho

"When a guy claiming he's Jesus tries to kill a PG&E worker because he's black, then begins beating up a woman that was trying to help, it takes hitchhiker, Kai, and his hatchet, to put a stop to the psycho." Video Link. The most amazing part is right around 2:37, when he drops the theatrics. Also, I did not realize the word "smash" sometimes contains two syllables, but that's pretty awesome.

From KMPH News:

Here is Jessob Reisbeck's exclusive raw interview w/ Kai, a hitchhiker who used his hatchet to stop a man that thought he was Jesus from killing people in Fresno, CA. Antoine Dodson, eat your heart out!

a lot of posters ITT have similarly remarked that Kai got “real” at the end, but I didn’t consider any of his responses to be pretentious. he was recalling a recent traumatic experience, and in front of a camera. he wasn’t putting on an act, he was keyed-up. what you’re probably reacting to is his adrenaline wearing off.

i’ve known some people that speak like Kai, and my homie Robert is a dead ringer for him in looks, speech, and he also moved from the South to California to surf. it was uncanny. personally, when I’m excited, I lapse into heavy ebonics since I’m a hip hop guy. I’ve seen people react to it negatively, particularly since I’m white. I’m not being pretentious. I’m actually down, believe it or not. and so it is with Kai.

he told his story in the idiom of his peers; effectively, I thought. that’s real. much preferable to “ummm, uhhh….. the. attacker. said…” my feeling is that, in conjunction with his adrenaline, part of his peer idiom is that it is disrespectful to one’s audience to be boring.

At the end of this video you can see a link to the the edited final news story, which paints a clearer picture of what happened, for context. It also has some lovely b-roll of the woman Kai saved giving him a hug. I like that the reporter treated Kai with respect and the story painted him as the hero.

This guy may sound out of it, but notice that his pack is put together neatly and he truly knows both what he is saying and doing. Impressive, not my lifestyle but still impressive. If I had a surfboard, I would search him out and pass it on. Hang ten fella!

It may (or may not) be legal in Connecticut, depending on what happens in court. You can not use deadly force if you can get the assailant to walk away. If the state proves (state burden, thankfully) that you could get the assailant to walk away, you will be in for assault, at the very least.

I am not an attorney, but this is what I understand after reading Ct laws posted on the web.

So, like, in this situation, if the “Jesus” man was going to cause more grave bodily harm to more victims, Kai would be cool in Connecticut Law.
Unlike, in situation where the “Jesus” man was going to run away on foot _before_ grabbing his next victim, Kai would face time in prison in Connecticut Law. Unless I am misunderstanding my own state’s law, in which case I will be grateful if someone would clarify it for me.

Naw – he should have let the guy back up – smash the first guy again and then let him run over a few more people while kindly asking him to stop o_0 Or let him throttle a lady while wringing his hands in the corner? This guy stepped up to take down a serious nut job who was in the middle of trying to commit murders.

Hatchets are relatively ordinary and legitimate tools, carried by hikers, campers, backpackers, and the like. They’re one of the most useful pieces of equipment you can carry with you.

You can use them like a knife for small cutting tasks, like an axe for larger chopping work, the back of the head can be used as a hammer, you can dig with them, you can use them as small levers or crowbars, you can obviously defend yourself with one, and I’ve ever witness a hatchet on the end of a rope used as a makeshift grapnel. Makes them very popular items for regular carry and possession among serious travelers.

I’ve talked to hitchhikers like him. I can’t say they are much different than professional-type people, just that they have different priorities, they prefer total freedom and open-mindedness to material gain and proper healthcare. There are jerks among them of course, just like among professional people, but there is also a code of ethics that most follow that keeps them alive by sharing resources and protection amongst themselves.

They often fall into it not by choice but by being kicked out of their home due to being gay, or being disowned by their family for small crimes or political differences. (Those who commit big crimes usually get stuck in jail instead!)

I’ve heard this too, but I have so many technical questions. I’m not sure that I could actually pull off the ‘Double Ear Slap’ maneuver without just pissing the Bad Guy off and making him turn around and just punch my lights out.

Does the ear slap knock them out? Or, just burst their eardrums? And how do you deliver the double ear slap… I mean, do you have to have concurrent ear slaps or is it still effective if say, one ear gets slapped before another? (I want to be prepared — because I’ll probably not have a hatchet or a ratchet with me (or my peace sign bandana on my head when duty calls!)

i don’t think there’s any need to makes the slaps truly simultaneous. Aside from eardrum pain and deafening noise, the concussion would reach the middle ear, possibly scrambling the sense of balance. A lot of the impact will hit the neck muscles, jaw, brain stem. Keep in mind a slap has all the force of a punch and a slap below the ear can knock someone out cold.

Other options would include a well executed forearm to top of the spine, which might kill them. For someone skilled , an actual karate chop to the side of neck would work.

Or if you are more in the mood for a foot sweep, do an osoto-garuma from behindhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQDt2dQ7egA
which would be illegal in competition, but in the street would violently faceplant someone into the pavement.

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